The 46-year-old actor won an Oscar for his work portraying Truman Capote in "Capote" in 2005. That evening, he delivered a heartwarming acceptance speech, thanking his mother, Marylin Hoffman O'Connor, a civil rights lawyer and activist.

"She brought up four kids alone, and she deserves a congratulations for that," Hoffman said during his speech. "She took me to my first play."